• Hard News: Jonesing, in reply to Keir Leslie, 22:02 Sep 6, 2013

  Please explain again how other parties on the left have no interest in whether Labour gets its act together?

  There's 'diversity' and then there's not seeing the basics of MMP coalition governments.

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• Hard News: Jonesing, in reply to Keir Leslie, 20:53 Sep 6, 2013

  Greens, who have different goals and aims from Labour

  being part of the next government?

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• Hard News: Jonesing, in reply to Keir Leslie, 17:03 Sep 6, 2013

  selecting a leader isn't just a meritocratic exercise in picking the "best"

  That belief might be part of our shared problem. But I don't for a moment believe the sustained underperformance of any party comes down to one person.

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• Hard News: Jonesing, in reply to izogi, 20:45 Sep 5, 2013

  a Labour leader might arrive who convinces its traditional supporters of a reason to actually come out and vote on election day.

  And they have a year to do it. No pressure.

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• Hard News: Jonesing, in reply to Keir Leslie, 20:44 Sep 5, 2013

  committed Green/Mana supporters

  .. who totally rely on Labour getting its shit together. Nothing strange about taking an interest under MMP.

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• Hard News: Jonesing, in reply to Hilary Stace, 17:52 Sep 5, 2013

  Thanks. Four Yorkshiremen territory. :)

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• Hard News: Jonesing, in reply to Rob Stowell, 17:51 Sep 5, 2013

  Not sure what you mean. I guess it might be relevant to that wider public perception but the caucus leader doesn't make policy any more than they set strategy (which is where I fear Labour's problems will remain no matter who is fronting them).

  Good to see more open discussion, anyway. Sad that many of our newsrooms now seem unprepared to get beyond the 'game' of it all.

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• Hard News: Jonesing, in reply to Keir Leslie, 17:20 Sep 5, 2013

  The party doesn’t write policy by fiat of the Leader, so it’s not appropriate for leadership candidates to be making policy on the hoof.

  Reckon.

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• Hard News: Jonesing, in reply to TracyMac, 17:19 Sep 5, 2013

  oppression Olympics

  bravo

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• Hard News: And one war ends?, in reply to BenWilson, 18:22 Sep 4, 2013

  It's pretty rare to find a single property in NZ that doesn't have at least one plant that is tended by someone in the house.

  So Avondale is part of West Auckland, then. :)

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